London's Court of Appeal refused Tuesday to allow serial-killer Rosemary West to appeal her convictions for the murders of 10 women and children.
West, 41, was jailed for life in one of Britain's most horrifying murder cases. There was evidence that many of the victims had been tortured, and bodies dug up at West's home in Gloucester, England, were bound and gagged.
West, who was convicted in a jury trial that ended in November, had blamed the crimes on her husband, Frederick, who hanged himself in jail while awaiting trial.
The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Taylor, who presided at the hearing with two other appeal judges, said that reasons for the ruling would be given next week.
The Ozone Disco Pub in Manila, Philippines, was allowed by law to have 35 occupants, but more than 400 people were jammed inside. The club was also supposed to have a way out in case of a fire, but the new building next door blocked the exit.
When a fire erupted in the dance club Tuesday, the crowd turned into a stampede for the door, and at least 150 people did not make it out in the inferno. Authorities and family members did their best to identify the burned bodies, relying on bits of jewelry and shoes.
Philippines President Fidel Ramos has demanded the questioning of the four club owners with orders for immediate arrest if any of the owners do not show up.
Tuesday President Bill Clinton sent Congress a $1.64 trillion budget of proposed spending for 1997. Clinton's spending plan stresses protecting essential programs which includes:
-His $100 billion tax cut allowing a $500 credit for children 12 and younger, and deductions up to $10,000 per family for college education.
-Changing how the capital gains tax on profits from investments is calculated to net the treasury $4.1 billion more over seven years. (Republicans want that tax cut.)
-Balancing the budget by 2002 by slowing spending $593 billion with $297 billion coming from regular government programs; $124 billion would come from Medicare and $59 billion from the Medicaid health program.
Once was not enough. Ross Perot announced Tuesday that he would run for president again if members of his new Reform Party want him as their candidate.
Perot's comments came as aides worked to put his name on the November ballot in Texas, Florida and as many as a dozen more states.
Top Perot aides said the Texas businessman's name was only being used as a "stand-in candidate" until a Reform Party nominee is chosen in September.
Perot, in a radio interview, started up his presidential campaign fever by saying that Republican and Democratic parties were equally to blame for "government shutdowns, train wrecks and propaganda."
Although the state Supreme Court recently declared last year's passage of drinking laws that make it illegal for people to sell alcohol to those under the age of 21 unconstitutional, the attorney general has asked the court to re-hear the case.
Louisiana stands to lose $18 million a year in highway funding if the legal drinking age drops below 21. Gov. Mike Foster has said he will push a bill in special legislative session beginning Sunday to amend the constitution and make 21 the legal drinking age.
Foster said the federal government has decided to give Louisiana time to settle on a legal drinking age before deciding whether to take federal highway funds from the state.
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